| North-Central Management Area of the Central Region Shore and Pier Fishing Regs Index 2005 | |||
| Ocean waters between 40º10' N. latitude (near Cape Mendocino) and 37º11' N. latitude (near Pigeon Point), excludes marine protected areas, those areas have additional restrictions, go to page 57 of the DFG regs to see a map of the area | |||
| Species | Individual Daily Bag And Possession Limit | Size Limit | Open Season |
| Anchovy, northern | no limit | none | All Year |
| Barracuda, California | 10* | 28" | All Year |
| Bass, giant sea | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Basses: kelp, barred sand and spotted sand | Ten in any combination of species. | 12" | All Year |
| Bass, striped | 2* | 18" | All Year |
| Bonito, Pacific | 10 | 5 or less, none, over 5 must be 24" FL* | All Year |
| Butterfish, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Dolphinfish (Dorado) | 10* | none | All Year |
| Flounder, starry | no limit | none | All Year |
| Garibaldi | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Groupers: gulf and broomtail | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Grunion, California | no limit | none | June 1 - March 31. |
| Halibut, California | 5 south of Point Sur, 3 North of | 22" | All Year |
| Halibut, Pacific | 1 | 32" | May 1 - Sept 30 |
| Herring, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Herring, round | no limit | none | All Year |
| Jacksmelt | no limit | none | All Year |
| Lingcod | 2 | 24" | Apr-Nov |
| Mackerel, jack | no limit | none | All Year |
| Mackerel, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Marlin: black, blue and striped | 1* | none | All Year |
| Mudsucker, longjaw | 10* | none | All Year |
| Prickleback, monkeyface | 10* | none | All Year |
| Queenfish | no limit | none | All Year |
| RCG Complex (Rockfishes, Cabezon and Greenlings) | 10 fish in combination ** | none | All Year |
| Rockfish, bocaccio | 1** | 10" | All Year |
| Cabezon | 1** | 15" | All Year |
| Greenlings: kelp and rock | 1** | 12" | All Year |
| Other rockfish (genus Sebastes) | 10 fish in combination ** | none | All Year |
| Rockfish, canary | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Rockfish, cowcod | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Rockfish, yelloweye | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| California scorpionfish (sculpin) (Scorpaena guttata) | 5 | 10" | All Year |
| California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) | 5 | 12" | All Year |
| Salmon: chinook, king, pink, sockeye and chum | 2* | 20" | Apr 2 - Oct 3(?) |
| Salmon (coho), silver | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sanddabs: Pacific, speckled and longfin | no limit | none | All Year |
| Sardine, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Sculpin, Pacific staghorn | no limit | none | All Year |
| Seabass, white | 3, except mar 15 - jun 15 limit then is 1 | 28" | See bag limit |
| Shark, blue | 2* | none | All Year |
| Shark, leopard | 3* | 36" | All Year |
| Sharks: sixgill and sevengill | 1ea* | none | All Year |
| Shark, shortfin mako | 2* | none | All Year |
| Shark, soupfin | 1* | none | All Year |
| Shark, thresher | 2* | none | All Year |
| Shark, white | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sheephead, California | 5 | 12" | All Year |
| Smelt, surf | 25#, in combination | none | All Year |
| Sole, Petrale | no limit | none | All Year |
| Squid | no limit | none | All Year |
| Steelhead | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sturgeons: green and white | 1 | 46-72" | limited † |
| Surfperches, general | 5, total | none | limited †† |
| Surfperch, redtail | see above | 10-1/2" | limited †† |
| Surfperch, shiner | 20 | none | All Year |
| Swordfish, broadbill | 2 | none | All Year |
| Topsmelt | no limit | none | All Year |
| Trout (other than steelhead) | 3 | none | All Year |
| Tunas: albacore, bluefin and skipjack | no limit | none | All Year |
| Tunas: bigeye and yellowfin | 10* | none | All Year |
| Whitefish, ocean | 10 | none | All Year |
| Yellowtail | 10 | 5 or less, none, over 5 must be 24" FL* | All Year |
| All flatfish not listed above (eg. diamond turbot, sand sole) | 10* | none | All Year |
| All marine finfish not listed above (including, but not limited to: white croaker, shortfin corvina, California corbina, yellowfin croaker, opaleye, halfmoon, smoothhound shark, spiny dogfish, bat ray, sargo, salema, and California lizardfish) For morays too! | 10* | none | All Year |
| THIS IS ONLY FOR FISH, WORKING ON OTHER REGS…. LIKE INVERTS…. COMING SOON…. | |||
| Special Area Requirements: | |||
| A Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp is required for fishing in the tidal | |||
| waters of San Francisco Bay east of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Pablo Bay, Carquinez | |||
| Strait, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. See Section 1.18 (page 16) for a | |||
| complete list of waters where the Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp is | |||
| required. Anglers fishing under the authority of a One- or Two-Day Sport Fishing | |||
| license are exempt from the Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp. | |||
| † Sturgeon Closure. Sturgeon may not be taken in the following described area between January 1 and March 15: That portion of San Francisco Bay included within the following boundaries: A direct line between Pt. Chauncy (National Marine Fisheries Laboratory) and Pt. Richmond, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and a direct line between Pt. Lobos and Pt. Bonita. | |||
| †† surfperch may not be taken from April 1 through July 31, 2004 in San Francisco and San Pablo bays (with the exception of shiner surfperch (Cymatogaster aggregata)). | |||
| Red Means prohibited, DO NOT TAKE! | |||
| Grey means, part of the 20 finfish in combination regs: | |||
| * No more than 20 finfish in combination with not more than __ of this species, see specific species for their amount | |||
| Orange means part of the RCG Complex: | |||
| ** No more than 10 in combination with not more than __of this species, see specific species for their amount | |||
| Also limited by the 20 fish overall regulation | |||
| Yellow means caution there are limits | |||
| Green means, no limit or closure (as listed) | |||